Can we reduce piracy by having "morality reminders" in software? For example, every once in a while, you could ask the user whether they paid for the app. If they did not, you might tell them that piracy is not all that common and that most people are actually more honest than they are.
I was employed by a company that makes bible software, and they did exactly this. Very rarely, while the user was reading the bible using this software, it would pop up a dialog box reminding the user how wrong it is to copy software illegally. They actually got people calling them and apologizing, apparently in real agony over their sin. It must have seemed like a message from god.
Like with many other measures to prevent piracy, the crackers would find ways to remove the morality reminders and the paying customers would get stuck with them.
The article is much more than that. Actually what are the actual words is not the main point.
Please let people read it. These two linner summaries are like somebody spoiling a movie by saying "the killer is John, and he kills himself at the end". Poof, no mater how good the movie is, you just took out some of the fun.
Unless the article was too long and really not worth reading at all, please avoid these shallow summaries.
We currently have the ability to upload your own theme and customize existing themes, in development. Shoot me an email, chris (at) weebly.com, and I'll give you access. Otherwise, this feature should be live early next week =)
Weebly is a great concept, but right now they only have a small selection of relatively bland templates... Until they open it up to outside custom templates (or find a way to convert wordpress templates!) it's a hard sell.
I usually just check weekly. Progress is not always a straight line upwards. Add Google analytics to see how many people visited the keyword in question. This is probably most effective.
A smart startup would have low licensing fees to make it affordable. Maybe a few cents per box. Once one big company uses the idea to get new customers, chances are others will have to follow at the expense of not being a "green" company.
Your interface is cleaner and more attractive, but cycletrader.com is a pretty well established competitor. Do you have a plan for beating them along any particular axis?
* Most people cheat a little and more often compared to cheating a lot and less often.
* When reminded of morality, people cheat less.
* The greater the distance from cheating to reward the more likely people are to cheat.